Question

The Tanakh explains the history of Judaism until the 500s BCE. It includes many details that are hard for historians to confirm. In one or two paragraphs, give your opinion on how seriously historians should treat religious texts as they try to understand past events and civilizations. Explain your opinion and support it with examples.

Answer 1

I think historians should treat all religious texts very seriously. If we can understand what past civilizations belived in and practiced, we can understand how their civilization could have done better. I think we can learn from these texts, so if we see how past civilizations fell we can provent it from happening to us in the future.